<p>A married woman was allegedly forced to breast-feed a youth, with whom she had eloped, by a tribal panchayat in Alirajpur district, which wanted to teach her a lesson, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Four persons were today arrested in this regard. "They were arrested for allegedly torturing a 25-year-old married woman and her 21-year-old boyfriend on December 31, on the directives of a community panchayat. The duo belong to the Bhil tribe," Alirajpur District Superintendent of Police Akhilesh Jha told PTI.<br /><br />The incident took place in Bayda village of the district, he said.<br /><br />Preliminary investigations revealed that the woman eloped with her boyfriend, leaving her husband and three children about two months ago and escaped to Gujarat, after which the villagers were enraged.<br /><br />In order to teach them a lesson, they were caught in Gujarat and brought back to the village after which they were beaten black and blue and later produced before a tribal Bhil panchayat, the SP said.<br /><br />On the directives of the panchayat, the woman's hair were cut haphazardly while her lover was tonsured, the SP said.<br /><br />The panchayat then ordered the woman to breast-feed the man with whom she eloped and consider him as her son in future, he said.<br /><br />Jha said that police had booked ten persons in this regard and so far arrested four among them. Search is on to trace the remaining accused.<br /><br />The SP said that nearly 40 people were involved in the crime and efforts are on to identify them.</p>
<p>A married woman was allegedly forced to breast-feed a youth, with whom she had eloped, by a tribal panchayat in Alirajpur district, which wanted to teach her a lesson, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Four persons were today arrested in this regard. "They were arrested for allegedly torturing a 25-year-old married woman and her 21-year-old boyfriend on December 31, on the directives of a community panchayat. The duo belong to the Bhil tribe," Alirajpur District Superintendent of Police Akhilesh Jha told PTI.<br /><br />The incident took place in Bayda village of the district, he said.<br /><br />Preliminary investigations revealed that the woman eloped with her boyfriend, leaving her husband and three children about two months ago and escaped to Gujarat, after which the villagers were enraged.<br /><br />In order to teach them a lesson, they were caught in Gujarat and brought back to the village after which they were beaten black and blue and later produced before a tribal Bhil panchayat, the SP said.<br /><br />On the directives of the panchayat, the woman's hair were cut haphazardly while her lover was tonsured, the SP said.<br /><br />The panchayat then ordered the woman to breast-feed the man with whom she eloped and consider him as her son in future, he said.<br /><br />Jha said that police had booked ten persons in this regard and so far arrested four among them. Search is on to trace the remaining accused.<br /><br />The SP said that nearly 40 people were involved in the crime and efforts are on to identify them.</p>